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Ed9 10.2019 Guidebook
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Appendix II: 35 U.S.C. 102
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706.02(d) Rejections Under Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(c)
Appendix II: 35 U.S.C. 102
(Ed9 10.2019)
706.02 Rejection on Prior Art
717 Prior Art Exceptions under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) and (2)
717.02 Prior Art Exception for Commonly Owned or Joint Research Agreement Subject Matter under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C)
717.02(a) Invoking the Prior Art Exception under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C)
717.02(b) Evaluating Whether the Prior Art Exception under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) is Properly Invoked
717.02(c) Examination Procedure With Respect to the Prior Art Exception under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C)
2126 Availability of a Document as a “Patent” for Purposes of Rejection Under 35 U.S.C. 102(a) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a), (b), and (d)
2126.01 Date of Availability of a Patent as a Reference
2126.02 Scope of Reference’s Disclosure Which Can Be Used to Reject Claims When the Reference Is a “Patent” but Not a “Publication”
2127 Domestic and Foreign Patent Applications as Prior Art
2128 “Printed Publications” as Prior Art
2128.01 Level of Public Accessibility Required
2128.02 Date Publication Is Available as a Reference
2129 Admissions as Prior Art
2131 Anticipation — Application of 35 U.S.C. 102
2131.01 Multiple Reference 35 U.S.C. 102 Rejections
2131.02 Genus-Species Situations
2131.03 Anticipation of Ranges
2131.04 Secondary Considerations
2131.05 Nonanalogous or Disparaging Prior Art
2132 Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)
2132.01 Publications as Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a) Prior Art
2133 Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)
2133.01 Rejections of Continuation-In-Part (CIP) Applications
2133.02 Rejections Based on Publications and Patents
2133.03 Rejections Based on “Public Use” or “On Sale”
2133.03(a) “Public Use”
2133.03(b) “On Sale”
2133.03(c) The “Invention”
2133.03(d) “In This Country”
2133.03(e) Permitted Activity; Experimental Use
2133.03(e)(1) Commercial Exploitation
2133.03(e)(2) Intent
2133.03(e)(3) “Completeness” of the Invention
2133.03(e)(4) Factors Indicative of an Experimental Purpose
2133.03(e)(5) Experimentation and Degree of Supervision and Control
2133.03(e)(6) Permitted Experimental Activity and Testing
2133.03(e)(7) Activity of an Independent Third Party Inventor
2134 Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(c)
2135 Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(d)
2135.01 The Four Requirements of Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(d)
2136 Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(e)
2136.01 Status of U.S. Application as a Reference
2136.02 Content of the Prior Art Available Against the Claims
2136.03 Critical Reference Date
2136.04 Different Inventive Entity; Meaning of “By Another”
2136.05 Overcoming a Rejection Under Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(e)
2137 Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(f)
2138 Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(g)
2138.01 Interference Practice
2138.02 “The Invention Was Made in This Country”
2138.03 “By Another Who Has Not Abandoned, Suppressed, or Concealed It”
2138.04 “Conception”
2138.05 “Reduction to Practice”
2138.06 “Reasonable Diligence”
2139 Rejections Under Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102
2139.01 Effective Filing Date of a Claimed Invention Under Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102
2139.02 Determining Whether To Apply Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a), (b), or (e)
2152 Detailed Discussion of AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a) and (b)
2152.01 Effective Filing Date of the Claimed Invention
2152.02 Prior Art Under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) (Patented, Described in a Printed Publication, or in Public Use, on Sale, or Otherwise Available to the Public)
2152.02(a) Patented
2152.02(b) Described in a Printed Publication
2152.02(c) In Public Use
2152.02(d) On Sale
2152.02(e) Otherwise Available to the Public
2152.02(f) No Requirement of "By Others"
2152.03 Admissions
2152.04 The Meaning of "Disclosure"
2152.05 Determining Whether To Apply 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) or 102(a)(2)
2152.06 Overcoming a 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) or 102(a)(2) Rejection Based on a Printed Publication or Patent
2153 Prior Art Exceptions Under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1)
2153.01 Prior Art Exception Under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1)(A) To AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) (Grace Period Inventor Or Inventor-Originated Disclosure Exception)
2153.02 Prior Art Exception Under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1)(B) to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) (Inventor Or Inventor-Originated Prior Public Disclosure Exception)
2154 Provisions Pertaining to Subject Matter in a U.S. Patent or Application Effectively Filed Before the Effective Filing Date of the Claimed Invention
2154.01 Prior Art Under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) “U.S. Patent Documents”
2154.02 Prior Art Exceptions Under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2) to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2)
2156 Joint Research Agreements
2157 Improper Naming of Inventors
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